4 Turn the sentences into reported speech.
In which of the following sentences do
the tenses remain the same? Why?
1 "If we had a bigger house, we would host a
Hogmanay party," Samantha said.
Samantha said that if they had a bigger house
they would host a Hogmanay party. (tenses do
not change: type 2 conditional)
2 Claudia always says, "My grandma makes
the best minestrone soup.
3 "I can't make a cake because I've run out of
eggs," Mary said to Sue.
4 *Fish and chicken are rich in protein, our
teacher told us.
"The shop has promised that they will deliver
our new fridge by the end of this week, Kate
said.
"I would have invited Jason to dinner if I had
known he was in town," Bill said.
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